[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#642136: Bug#642136: network-manager: Connecting to a wifi network requires org.freedesktop.NM.settings.modify.system privileges

[Vincent Bernat]

OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du lundi 19 septembre 2011, vers 22:48,
Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> disait :

>> Since NetworkManager 0.9, a simple user is not allowed to connect to
>> some wireless network unless it is granted (through policy kit or
>> appropriate permissions)
>> org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.system. This permission
>> allows to alter existing connections as well. An active user should be
>> authorized to use any wireless network if he wants to by default (like
>> in previous versions). Or it should be possible to configure network
>> manager to allow users to connect to wireless networks without
>> enabling them to modify other system settings.

> This is of course possible.
> Was the connection you tried to enable created by another user? What's the name
> of the user trying to activate the connection?
> Which GUI frontend (and which version) do you use?
> Was  the connection  imported from  earlier versions  i.e.  created by
> nm-applet < 0.9?

The   connection    did   not   exist    (it   does   not    appear   in
nm-connection-editor). I  am using  nm-applet 0.9.0-2. I  have restarted
both nm-applet and Network Manager to ensure they are in sync.

> As connections are now all stored in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ ,
> could you attach the corresponding keyfile (make sure it doesn't contain any
> confidential data)

As the connection does not exist, there is no keyfile for it.

Thanks!
-- 
Vincent Bernat ☯ http://vincent.bernat.im

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